A DUTCH SILVER-GILT GUILD CUP AND COVER

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Los 19 | A DUTCH SILVER-GILT GUILD CUP AND COVER
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A DUTCH SILVER-GILT GUILD CUP AND COVER

MAKER'S MARK A UNICORN UNIDENTIFIED, THE HAGUE, 1615

On spreading domed base with egg-and-dart border, the center chased with three cartouches featuring a dolphin interspersed with fruiting trophies on matted ground, the vase shaped stem applied with stylized lion masks and three scrolls with griffin terminal repeated on the lower bulbous section of the body, the cup fitted with a detachable sleeve chased with a wild boar and a stag hunting scenes, the slightly flaring upper part chased with scrolls and cartouches centered by a rosette and oval lobes, the cover chased with winged putti on fruiting garlands alternating with winged putti masks on matted ground, the finial shaped as Saint Christopher on vase shaped stem conforming to the body's stem, engraved inside the cover with eight coat-of-arms and names, marked on rim of cup with town marks, maker's mark of a unicorn and date-letter k and with later Dutch control mark, further stamped on foot-rim

21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) high

64 oz. 6 dwt. (2,000 gr.)





Provenance

The Gorinchem Jonge Schutterij.

Acquired by Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough (1805–1860) in 1850s.

Probably Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905)

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

F. W. Fairholt, An Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Silver Plate formed by Albert, Lord Londesborough now the Property of Lady Londesborough, London, 1860, p. 21, plate XVII, 3, described as 'great standing cup, and cover, of silver, elaborately chased, once the property of the above-named fraternity. It is surmounted by the figure of St. Christopher; and the body of the cup decorated with representations of stag and boar-hunting.'

E. Voet, Merken van Haagsche Goud- en Zilversmeden, The Hague, 1941, p. 157-8, no. 7.

J.W. Frederiks, Dutch silver, vol. II, The Hague, 1958, p. 159.

Dawn of the Golden Age, Northern Netherlandish Art, 1586-1620, eds. G. Luijten and A. van Suchtelen, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 11 December 1993 - 6 March 1994, p. 431-432, no. 89.

M. W. Westgarth, A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Antique and Curiosity Dealers. Regional Furniture, XXIII . Regional Furniture Society, Glasgow, 2009.

Dr. P. Biesboer, Delfts Zilver, Zwolle, 2020.
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